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Caldecott Contenders aka Mock Caldecotts by year:
2009
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
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message 1: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Jasmine, are you going to create the 2021 list soon? I think enough have been announced by now to get a good list going.


message 2: by Jasmine (new)

Jasmine Rainbowheart wrote: "Jasmine, are you going to create the 2021 list soon? I think enough have been announced by now to get a good list going."

I wasn't planning on it. I'm not on goodreads enough any more to keep up with the books being released. Go ahead!


message 3: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Done!

Picture Books of 2021

I also added the link in the description. Most of the titles mentioned on PW haven't been added to Goodreads yet. It's a bit time consuming keeping up with them all, I agree.


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